God is Self-Sufficient, and doesn’t stand in need of creatures, but in view of the grief, sorrow, torment, humility, extreme devotion, truthfulness and integrity of such a person, God manifests Himself through His signs to the eager hearts of men. He sincerely offers the sacrifice of his own self and, out of the desire that mankind may be revived, strives to the utmost degree and is always ready to suffer many deaths, as is indicated in the verse: On account of the extreme eagerness with which his heart is charged with sympathy for mankind, he desires by his spiritual inclination, supplication and humility, that others too should recognise the God Who has been revealed to him so that they too may attain salvation. In this manner, the person who possesses such superior nature-who, in other words, is called a Prophet-is drawn towards God. God displays to him the light of His being and eternal attributes. He, therefore, manifests Himself to him whose heart is charged to the highest degree with the natural desire of attaining nearness to the Holy One, and is also filled with utmost sympathy for mankind. On the one hand, the Divine is eminently Self-Sufficient and cares not whether anyone is guided or goes astray on the other, He desires that He should be known and that His creatures should derive benefit from His eternal mercy. Through him alone can one behold the hidden countenance of God and realise His existence. A Prophet alone is the cause and source and father and fountain and perfect manifestation of the belief in the Unity of God. If a Prophet, who is the source of belief in God’s Unity, is excluded, Divine Unity cannot be upheld. Belief in the Unity of God can only be established through a Prophet, and is not possible without believing in him. People who entertain such a belief seek to separate the soul from the body. The misconception that belief in the Unity of God is enough for the salvation of man, and that it is not necessary to believe in a Prophet, is utterly absurd. Prophets are a Manifestation of Divine Unity 131 A divine messenger is needed to ignite the spark of the Unity of God in a human heart. God is hidden and displays His countenance only though a Messenger. It is only a Divine Messenger who brings down Tauhid upon the earth and it is achieved only through him. It is, therefore, not possible that without the flint, that is to say without a Divine Messenger, the spark of the Unity of God may be ignited in a human heart. The reason for this is that man is invested with the capacity of believing in the Unity of God as stone is invested with the capacity of flaring up and a Messenger is like the flint which elicits the spark from the stone by striking it. God Almighty has bound up belief in His own existence with belief in His Messengers. Here, The Promised Messiah as elaborates on the subject of the need for Prophets.Įxtracts from the Essence of Islam, Vol.III, pp. The Review of Religions is pleased to present these excerpts as part of a monthly feature. Excerpts of his collected works have been translated into English and organised by topic. The Promised Messiah as wrote over 80 books in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian.
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